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Mat_5:15. Ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον ] Fulgentius, Mat_3:6 : “lucernamque modio contegit.” The article denotes the grain measure that is at hand in the house. On μόδιος , comp. Plut. Demetr. 33. It was one-sixth of the μέδιμνος , the μέδιμνος , according to Boeckh, 2602 Paris cubic inches [nearly 12 gallons English]. What Hebrew measure did Jesus mention? most probably îÀàÈä , as in Mar_13:33.
The καί is the consecutivum: and, and thus, that is, placed upon the candlestick; comp. Mat_4:19; Maetzner, ad Lycurgum, p. 253. On the lamps which were in domestic use, and the candlesticks upon which they were placed, see as regards the Greeks, Hermann, Privatalterth. Mat_20:23; Becker, Charikl. II. p. 214 ff.; as to the Greek expression λυχνία , Lobeck, ad Phryn. p. 313.